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Poster: | lobster12 | Date: | Jun 15, 2011 12:42pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: JGB question |
Thanks for the history on the Behind the sun album.
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Poster: | polarized blue | Date: | Jun 15, 2011 2:18pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: JGB question |
"out on the road today I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Caddilac
a little voice inside my head said don't look back, you can never look back"
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Poster: | lobster12 | Date: | Jun 15, 2011 3:35pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: JGB question |
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Poster: | vapors | Date: | Jun 15, 2011 4:17pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: JGB question |
Interesting start to the second set anyway – Cold Rain > Fire > Samson.
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Poster: | lobster12 | Date: | Jun 15, 2011 4:30pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: JGB question |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS2roM0l9Xg&feature=related
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Poster: | polarized blue | Date: | Jun 16, 2011 12:36am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: JGB question |
About the heat, Hell yeah it was hot. My girlfriend and I drove from UMass and stayed at a hotel the night before I figured about an hour away, but left it a bit late to leave for the show and got caught in traffic. A huge traffic jam coming to the show I guess, miles out of sight. And hot. We missed the first set - Damn! I had been so psyched about going to my first show, and when I bought tickets (that is another story..) I got six, because some friends from UMass were coming too. They all backed out. I was stuck with 4 extras and very naive about the scalpers. Walking up to the stadium was amazing seeing all the Deadheads everywhere. So different to all the other rock fans from many other concerts I'd gone to in the past 3 years. Well, some guy started shouting, I need extra tickets, who has any extras?? So i said hey, I've got 4 extra tickets. He said, You'll never sell them, the show's not even sold out and they're selling them at the door, so you might as well just give them to me, some of my friends need them. I gave them all 4 to him, a cost of nearly 80-100 bucks! A girl saw this and said do you have any more?? I said no and she said "you shouldn't have given them to him, He'll just sell them for over-priced, it's sold out- he's a scalper. I'd have paid you face value for those tickets, we need tickets couldn't get any" Big lesson learned there. There is a story about the before and after, and maybe one of these days I'll share. But the cool part about after, was we camped in our tent at Niagara Falls. The hot part, I can't really remember any rain, unless it was a small shower or sprinkle. Maybe it had rained while we were in the traffic jam in the shelter of the car. Not sure. But we got inside the stadium just as Cold Rain and Snow was starting. We made our way across the field and I enjoyed the dancing vibe down there, but my girlfriend wasn't comfortable with all the different-looking people, some on possibly a lot of drugs. She was a very straight girl and a little freaked out by it all. I was ready to join the party, but I wanted to look after her the best I could, so we crossed the field, and up the stands to our seats near the top of the stadium, about 20 rows from the top, a 1/3rd of the way back from stage, Jerry's side.
So, in short, I don't remember much rain, unless it was a quick shower, and forgot it as soon as I got into the show.